Comments on: Oakland City Council to Consider Scaling Back Parking Meter Hours Tonight http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/22/oakland-city-council-to-consider-scaling-back-parking-meter-hours-tonight/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mikesonn http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/22/oakland-city-council-to-consider-scaling-back-parking-meter-hours-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-38291 mikesonn Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:56 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=47131#comment-38291 ZA, you can apply parking issues from Oakland Chinatown to SF's. I HIGHLY doubt even a slim minority of Chinatown customers drive. I bet it is more to protect the merchants who drive in and their workers from paying more to park while they work. ZA, you can apply parking issues from Oakland Chinatown to SF’s. I HIGHLY doubt even a slim minority of Chinatown customers drive. I bet it is more to protect the merchants who drive in and their workers from paying more to park while they work.

]]> By: ZA http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/22/oakland-city-council-to-consider-scaling-back-parking-meter-hours-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-38281 ZA Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:08:19 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=47131#comment-38281 Given how vocal the Oakland Chinatown businesses appear to have been to restore the 6pm paid parking hours limit, I wonder where most of their customers actually live? Moreover, is it that handful of retailers that reflect the majority of Chinatown business? Given how vocal the Oakland Chinatown businesses appear to have been to restore the 6pm paid parking hours limit, I wonder where most of their customers actually live? Moreover, is it that handful of retailers that reflect the majority of Chinatown business?

]]> By: Josh http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/22/oakland-city-council-to-consider-scaling-back-parking-meter-hours-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-38221 Josh Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:28 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=47131#comment-38221 Future Oakland has a great takedown of all these silly claims that the cost of on-street parking is dooming Oakland. (http://tinyurl.com/m78q5r) So what will happen, I guess, is the Council will go back on its decision, parking will continue to be subsidized at the expense of other city departments, and at the end of it all the businesses will still be doing relatively poorly because parking was never the problem to begin with! Future Oakland has a great takedown of all these silly claims that the cost of on-street parking is dooming Oakland. (http://tinyurl.com/m78q5r)

So what will happen, I guess, is the Council will go back on its decision, parking will continue to be subsidized at the expense of other city departments, and at the end of it all the businesses will still be doing relatively poorly because parking was never the problem to begin with!

]]> By: Brian http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/22/oakland-city-council-to-consider-scaling-back-parking-meter-hours-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-38171 Brian Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:26:09 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=47131#comment-38171 How offensive that Oakland's faux liberals will be demanding cheaper parking and more car traffic downtown on World Carfree Day. How offensive that Oakland’s faux liberals will be demanding cheaper parking and more car traffic downtown on World Carfree Day.

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